Chapter 263: Entering the Sword Gate
Luo Li, who was detained in the palace by the emperor's order to learn court etiquette from Queen Song, was leaning on the low couch without any image, with her face tilted up and her mouth open, throwing popcorn into her mouth one by one out of boredom.
When Queen Song came in and saw her like this, she sighed helplessly: "Alas!... Li'er, I just taught you to sit properly yesterday, and you forgot it today?"
Luo Li sat up straight, threw the popcorn in her hand into the box, and said aggrievedly: "Mother, this sitting posture can be maintained for a while, but it will make you tired if you insist on it for a long time. Only when you are comfortable can you understand the true meaning of life!"
Princess Yongqing, who was standing next to her, laughed and went over to help her mother sit down, "Mother, I can't control my sister-in-law. I have shown my determination if I am not paralyzed on the couch and throwing popcorn into my mouth."
Queen Song poked her daughter's forehead with her finger and said angrily: "Yongqing, you don't... You're going to be led astray by your sister-in-law. She's used to your brother's unconditional pampering, but your future husband won't be used to pampering you like that."
Luo Li urged disapprovingly, "Yongqing, we don't want a man who doesn't pamper or pamper his wife. The sister-in-law will check for you, and you must find a good man who loves his wife."
Princess Yongqing smiled with curved eyebrows, "Okay, I'll entrust my lifelong affairs to you, the sister-in-law. However, the title of Madam and daughter-in-law sounds so nice, but the title of wife and wife is so ugly. When a delicate beauty is called wife, I thought she was an old woman with white hair, wrinkles all over her face, and a hunched back!"
Luo Li smiled, "I forgot, and I said it by mistake again. This wife and husband is a nickname between husband and wife, it sounds so intimate!"
"Then if you have the guts, call my brother and I husband by the affectionate terms of wife and husband every day!" Princess Yongqing joked.
Luo Li suddenly lowered her head shyly, fiddling with her clothes with her hands, her voice as soft as a mosquito but clearly audible: "We call each other wife and husband when we are intimate and passionate..." "
......?" Princess Yongqing blushed.
"......?" Queen Song blushed.
The coy Luo Li couldn't help but break her act first, giggled and fell on the couch.
Princess Yongqing also blushed and giggled.
Queen Song stood up helplessly and walked out: "I can't stand it anymore, you two sisters-in-law are hiding in this room and going crazy! Wanting, help them close the door tightly, you stand guard at the door, don't let people hear the jokes."
The maid Wanting smiled and smiled, sent the queen out of the room, closed the door tightly, and stood guard at the door with her head down. Her ears were raised high, listening to the funny and crazy words said by the funny Princess Qin and the princess in the room?
Wanting's eyebrows curved, the corners of her lips curled up, and she was in a happy and cheerful mood. Since the Princess Qin moved into the dull and cold Yayan Pavilion, there has been constant laughter in this courtyard. The princess was so happy that the eunuchs and maids who served her were in a good mood and walked lightly. Even the unhappy empress smiled every day.
The Princess of Qin seemed to have a kind of magic. She seemed to be rude and had improper manners, but she could always lead people into a relaxed and happy mood and make them indulge in happiness.
The eunuchs and maids in the Yayan Pavilion not only did not despise the Princess of Qin, but they felt inexplicably close to her and liked to hear her clear and pleasant laughter like a silver bell. They wished that the Princess of Qin, who had brought a lively atmosphere to the Yayan Pavilion, would live in the Yayan Pavilion forever and never leave the palace. …………
Kou Zhun, accompanied by his servant Kou An, and escorted by his shadow guards Mo Cheng and Mo Chi, rode at top speed, surpassing the imperial army that was suppressing the rebellion, and arrived at Jianmen Pass.
Kou Zhun, who was having difficulty walking while leading his horse, stopped and looked up at the most dangerous and precipitous pass in the world sandwiched between two mountains.
The cliffs of Dajian Mountain and Xiaojian Mountain on both sides looked like they were cut by gods, making it difficult for monkeys to climb and birds to fly over. The angle difference between the two mountains was extremely large, and at the end of the steep stone steps was a majestic and dangerous pass.
"It is worthy of being a pass that has never been breached from the north. It is really a one-man-guard-ten-thousand-men pass!" Kou Zhun sighed. He was at a loss. Could the 60,000-strong imperial army break through Jianmen Pass? How could he rescue his mentor who was imprisoned by the rebels?
Perhaps the rebels knew that the imperial army was coming, so the two large and heavy gates of Jianmen Pass were closed. The soldiers guarding the gate stood on the wall with weapons in their hands, each standing straight. A murderous aura filled the air in front of this extremely steep and easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack gate.
Kou Zhun frowned, thinking about how to open the gate and sneak into Shu.
The shadow guard Mo Cheng beside him smiled slightly, "Lord Kou, please wait here for a moment, I will go and call for the gate to be opened."
Kou Zhun nodded, and looked at Mo Cheng suspiciously as he climbed up the steep stone steps to the closed gate. He was too far away to hear what he said to the guards on the wall.
After a while, the closed gate opened wide, and a tall young general came out with more than a dozen personal soldiers.
Kou Zhun felt relieved, the gate was really opened by Mo Cheng. As long as he passed Jianmen Pass, it would be easy to go to Chengdu Prefecture.
Seeing Mo Cheng and the young general getting closer and closer, talking affectionately with smiles on their faces, Kou Zhun turned his head in surprise and looked at Mo Chi, with surprise and questioning in his eyes?
Mo Chi smiled brilliantly and gave an answer: "Sir Kou, the guards of Jianmen Pass are our own people."
Kou Zhun was shocked! His heart was pounding, thinking, was I sent into a thief's den by two guards and bodyguards? These two highly skilled guards were sent to me by the Princess of Qin. Is the Princess of Qin secretly colluding with these anti-thieves...? Kou Zhun didn't dare to think about it. Jianmen
Pass Guard Yunlong and Mo Cheng were chatting and laughing affectionately, and came to greet Lord Kou Zhun in person. When he came in front of Kou Zhun, Yunlong clasped his fists and saluted, "I am Yunlong, the humblest general
, and I am honored to meet you, Lord Kou."
[Humblest general? Whose subordinate are you, you traitor? I am an official
appointed by the imperial court. Kou Zhun was complaining in his heart, but he put on a smile and bowed his hands, saying, "General Yun, you are too polite. Kou Zhun and a few others would like to borrow a passage through the pass to go to Chengdu Prefecture. Please give us a favor."
Facing this young man who was the future highest official of Sichuan and Shu who was abducted by the prince and the princess, Yun Fei said respectfully, "Lord Kou, just pass through the pass. If you have any needs, just tell me."
"I dare not! Since General Yun has allowed it, we will go through the pass and head straight to Chengdu Prefecture." Kou Zhun thought about not causing any trouble, so he quickly passed through the pass and went to Chengdu Prefecture to visit his mentor.
Yun Fei extended his hand to invite him, "Master Kou, please come in!"
Kou Zhun, full of questions and puzzles, entered Jianmen Pass accompanied by General Yun.